Jeremy Waldron
Author
Series
Oliver Wendell Holmes lectures volume 2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An enduring theme of Western philosophy is that we are all one another's equals. Yet the principle of basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political philosophy. In a major new work, Jeremy Waldron attempts to remedy that shortfall with a subtle and multifaceted account of the basis for the West's commitment to human equality. What does it mean to say we are all one another's equals? Is this supposed to distinguish humans from...